Ambassador of the Dominican Republic to Jamaica, His Excellency Dr. José Tomás Ares, says that more Jamaicans should learn Spanish as a second language. He made the remarks at the 2017 edition of the Spanish Carol Service, which was held under the theme ‘Christmas in Spanish: out of many one language’ at the Webster Memorial United Church in Kingston on November 30 ...

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information and BAU International University in Washington DC  have partnered to provide 107 scholarships for student teachers to pursue undergraduate and graduate programmes at the institution under a three-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), valued at J$378.2 million (US$3 million). The MOU will additionally see the University hiring 200 Jamaican English language teachers for its...

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information will be investing $20 million in the construction of a sixth-form block at the Mount St. Joseph Catholic High School in Manchester. The project will include classrooms, science laboratories, two visual arts rooms and space for students who are pursuing courses in engineering, auto mechanics and technical drawing. Portfolio Minister, Senator the Hon....

Primary school principals are hailing the Jamaica Social Investment Fund’s (JSIF) science quiz competition, noting that the intervention is resulting in improved passes in science and mathematics. Speaking to JIS News at a ceremony to officially launch the competition at JSIF’s Oxford Road offices in Kingston recently, Maxfield Park Primary School Principal, Beverley Gallimore-Vernon, said exposure to the competition resulted...

The public is invited to donate to the toy and book drive that e-Learning Jamaica is undertaking for the Christmas season. The items are for children from infanthood to seven years old. Communications Manager, e-Learning Jamaica, Kimona Gordon, told JIS News that the “organisation has decided to embark on this initiative, as our flagship project ‘tablet in schools’ focuses on...

Seven students were inducted as the first set of Access to Information (ATI) Youth Ambassadors at a ceremony held at the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) on Wednesday (November 29). Responsibilities of the representatives include promoting the functions and application of the ATI Act among their peers through various projects as well as leading the planning and execution of...

Work is under way to retrofit all primary and secondary schools across the island with lifts and ramps to improve access by persons with disabilities. The initiative is being undertaken at a cost of $50 million by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information in collaboration with the Digicel Foundation. “It is in the budget for the next five years,”...